Railway-rail.



I2; KIMACK. RAILWAY RAIL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I, IBI?.

Patented oct. 9,1917.'

1,242,203. l i f rails employed inconnection with guards PETER Kiiviacx'or sr."` Louis,,lili,I Ssoniai.l ,n L; 1

RAILWAY-Rini.:

Appiicationfieiiiviay?, 1er?rl seriaiivaieaem,

To'aZZ whom t may camera( f Be it knownjthat I, PurimKris/naux, la citizen of the United States an`d'` resident of St. Louis, .iii the State of "Missouri, have invented certain new and useful' Improvements in Railway-Rails, of which the following is a specification, containing awfull, clear, and exact description, references being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof. j

My inventionA relates to..A improvements' railway rails and is especially directed to as for use at frogs, switches, curves and fills. v My object is primarily to constructarunning rail by casting integrally therewith a c guard rail; and a further object is to construct a running rail having a guard rail and at least at one endv an element constituting a joint for connection with an alining rail, by casting with manganese steel andas an integral unit.' v

My improvements consist in a novel construction of a running rail having an in-V tegral guard rail and a joint element, as will be fully, clearly, and concisely set forth in my specifications, pointed ,out in vmy.

claims and illustratedby the accompanying drawing, in which: 1

Figure 1 is a view, in perspective, of a rail embodying my improvements, showing the arrangement of the guard and the joint for connection with a second rail.

Fig. 2 is a transverse, sectional elevation of the rail, taken at its approximate long1` tudinal center. l

Referring to the drawing by numerals, 7 designates the one end of the rail, as shown, which is adapted 'for use with a frog, and which rail end 7 has base anges 8, web 9 and ball 10, similar to an ordinary rail, so that it may be joined to an ordinary rail in a common-manner, as by fish plates, which I have .not deemed it-necessary to show.

Next the end 7, the'rail, the Vone base liange 8 is extended laterally to form a flange 11, and upstand-v ing therefrom is a web 12 arranged to support a ball 13, constituting a guard par-y alleling the ball 10.

By preference, the balls 10 `and 13 are i connected by a bridgelil, occupying a plane beneath the plane of wheel flanges of rollingv stock,said bridge providing for a brace 'v yon each end lof the extending lengthwise of" tweenflthe running and guard rails.

liv-preference, 't lflis loiit'wardly--jor` laterally away from the ball ofthe running. rail," inqorder tovguide wheel flanges 'whichinay have been shifted an abnormal distance fromjtherball ofthe running" rail# its ball" increased iii fsectional dimensions, ony its,outsidelateralffaca. as shown aty 16 fand then vreduced to fforma lateralV extension or joint 1 7, ofsuch design as to receive against its inside face an ordinary running i rail 1S, whose ball is held inthe plane of the.

ball 10 and inalinement therewith.-v

Specicat'on of Letters Patent.l Y Oct; 95r f.. Y

lFormed throughthe rail end 15 and the v I extension or joint 17, are the-bolt holes 19, whereby to securer the joint as by fish plates and bolts ina commonmanner. This structure as just described; except the running rails mentioned of ordinary construction, -is

formed as an integral unit cast from inanganese steel, and its advan'tag2;e lies in its economical construction' as compared with bothrunning andguards as separate strucf` ,c ture, ,its'economic'al installation, land its r1 gidity. y j Y In practice I make my improved combined runningand guard rail approximately from 12 to 15 feet long for the running rail,

and forvv such lengthsof running rail, the guard rail will be Vapproximately vabout 9 or 12 feet long, the running raill 'projecting Y lguard rail about 18 inches. f

y Furthermore, in practice Imake mycomi' i bined guardY and running rail hollow, as

lillustrated in Fig. H2, which reduces the weight and does not objectionably affect the strength; Y v j Y In the illustration I have shown a straight running rail in connection with the combined guard rail, but in instances where'I desire lto use vmy invention in connection,V

with frogs, the lead rail is slightly curved tocorrespond,to the switch rail curvature,

inl whichv instances-itfshould be numbered j' corresponding to the lead of the switch'. By the use of my invention the necessity forA using rail braces, tie-plates, guardrail is eliminated. l i

Having thus described. my i nvent1oij,wliat I claim is 1. A rail consisting of :a single-hollow f fillers, bolts, wedges, clamps, and foot blocks v thev guardy and acting as a brace for thek guard andas aootguard between the runningarid guard rails.

2. A rail consisting of" a single casting' comprising a base, a pair Vof laterally spacedV Webs; 'af of. lateralllyuspafced, balls, `a bridge connecting the Wbs b'ene'lithx said balls,l and said" rti`l" being provided aty one @nu `with recessed prtin adapted to' recevethe endA of a runhing'lral, Y l

e. A ian!` castYfroijmanganese;Steel, havf ing ahllvv centralbody" portion and conlprising a running rail lball anda guard rail ball andi inner aitl' outerA bas .Hanges extending throughout the length vof the rail, a pair of laterally spaced Webs, a bridge connecting the Webs and inclosing the space betweenthe Webs throughout the length of the guardrball and serving the purpose of a f bra-ce for the guard ball and as foot-.guard between the balls, one end of the running rz'il ball being" enlarged and a recessed portion formed in ysaid ,enlargedVend:` adapted to `receive the end of a running rail, Y y e V In,testio'n'y whereof, I' have signed my n'axfe toffthi's" specification, in' presence' of tvvsubs'cribing Witnesses.

PETER' KIMACK. Witnesses: n Y

R,k C.. ORvv'I'G,l

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